[NLRS] Wanted to Buy

Tue Jun 25 16:55:47 EDT 2019

I do not want to use a laptop mobile but I do have a question related to 
this thread.  What GPS utility program can be used with the GPS dongles.

Thanks,
Gary, wy0v

On 6/25/2019 2:13 PM, Doug Reed wrote:
> Police cars usually have a laptop mount either where the transmission hump
> used to be or slightly into the passenger area. Usually it is something
> like a very heavy-duty goose neck with a shelf on top for the laptop. Take
> a look on Ebay or Amazon for "laptop mobile mount" and you'll get a variety
> of cheaper ideas. One of the easier ideas is probably the model that has
> legs going under the seat with a table top above the bench seat. You could
> probably bend that out of EMT conduit for almost nothing.
>
> Personally, I don't like the laptop on the seat since that usually puts it
> more in the sun so the screen is hard to read. I always liked having my
> radio's control head above the rear view mirror since it was mostly out of
> the sun. I keep wondering if I could mount a 7" or 10" tablet to the visor
> so it folds up out of the way. That might actually work better if you use a
> 7" or larger HDMI video display on the visor and plug it into a laptop
> under the seat. Might also be interesting to use a Raspberry Pi 3B+ as the
> computer, with the HDMI display and a wired or wireless keyboard and mouse.
> That kind of system is halfway to running as a remote ham station. I'm not
> a touch-typist so the constant up-down of my head for screen and keyboard
> might be a fail.
>
> To solve the accurate time problem, you can buy a "GPS USB" device for $3
> to $15 on Ebay and run a utility program that uses it to set the laptop
> time and even get your location. As Jon said, the laptop time needs to be
> accurate within a second or two. If you set the laptop time on Friday via
> the Internet, it should still be close enough on Sunday night. I would
> recommend you test this by setting the time on Friday, shutting off the
> laptop until Monday, and then run the time set routine again to see how far
> off it is. Try the <time.is> web site to check and set the time via the
> Internet. Although I'm not sure if that sets the hardware time too. You
> must shut off the laptop to make sure the hardware clock is accurate for
> reboots.
>
> 73, Doug Reed, N0NAS.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 9:38 AM Jon Platt via NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mel I have two lap tops.  The first one is a (very) old but physically
>> small Gateway with a Intel Atom N270 processor.  Its probably classified as
>> a "netbook".  Its 10" x 8.5" and sits on my lap very nicely when used in my
>> rover/mobile.  This is the laptop that I have used for many years with N1MM
>> for mobile HF contesting; MNQP, WiQP, KSQP, etc.  I love it for that.
>> However, its probably underpowered for WSJT-X.   My second laptop is a Dell
>> Inspiron 15.  Its physically bigger as it has a full keypad, perhaps its a
>> "big" laptop, with a 15.6" screen and running Windows 10.  It runs WSJT-X
>> well, no problems.  While the larger screen is nice for viewing, it doesn't
>> sit on my lap as well in the mobile/rover, but I can manage.  I used this
>> in the June contest to make maybe 30 or so FT8 Q's from the rover.  I do
>> have my "Display" set for 150% thus making WSJT screens easier to see
>> (i.e., larger).   For time, I did not have my GPS working so I set the
>> laptops time using WWV ala listening to 10 MHz from my FT897.  With a
>> little practice you can get better than 1 second accuracy which is good
>> enough for FT8 (but maybe not MSK144) and it seemed to hold this accuracy
>> for the full weekend.   Note with Windows 10, you do not have control of
>> the clocks "seconds" setting if you try to change time via the normal right
>> click on the time ... it only allows you to enter hour and minute and
>> seconds is whatever it is.   To control hour, minutes, AND seconds requires
>> that you to do this via the Control Panel, then Clock and Region, then Set
>> the time and date, then Change date and time, which gets you to the clock
>> control format that is similar to Windows 7.  YMMV. 73,
>> JonW0ZQ  -----Original Message-----
>> From: Melvyn Larson via NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
>> To: nlrs <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Mon, Jun 24, 2019 11:31 pm
>> Subject: [NLRS] Wanted to Buy
>>
>>
>> I had good success with FT-8  on 6 M during field Day making about 40
>> contacts with
>>
>> a borrowed Acer 10-14 inch Laptop. Needed Binocular Nagnifier for Weak
>> Eyes tosee the calls to double click on them. I need a laptop of my own.
>> Can it run on Windows with the screen Magnifier ? or does it have to be
>> Linex ?
>> Would be interesting to hear what kind of Laptop setup is working for
>> othersin NLRS.
>> Think I can buy a shelf that fits over the steering wheel for when I am
>> stopped.
>> Mel KC0P/R
>>
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